Restorative Redevelopment of Devastated Ecocultural Landscapes

BACKGROUND
Environmental Restoration Theory and Practice
Restoration: Philosophical and Political Contexts, E.V. Spelman
Restoration, Ecological Citizenry, and Ziggurat Building in Iraq, R. France
Restoring Babylon: Leaving a Better Iraq for This Century of Revitalization, S. Cunningham
Environmental Planning Theory and Practice
Before the Master Plan: A Framework and Some Difficult Questions for Regional Land Use Planning, C. Steinitz
Control Models of Tourism Development and Conservation Management with Respect to Indigenous Culture, S.-Y. Lu
Desert Wetland Restorations
Wetlands Lost and Found in the Levant, R. France
Rehabilitation of a Historic Wetland: Jordan’s Azraq Oasis, R. France
Integrated Restoration and Adaptive Management of the Las Vegas Wash, R. France

WETLANDS AND NATURE RESERVES
Ecosystems
Hydrology and Wetland Restoration for Human Subsistence and Regional Biodiversity: The Challenge to Restore the Living Landscape of Iraq’s Mesopotamian Marshes of Iraq, S.I. Apfelbaum and J.P. Ludwig
Rebuilding Wetlands and Waterfowl Resources in North and South America: Importance of Capacity Building and Landscape Perspective, R. France
People
Preservation, Rehabilitation, and Management of Heritage Wetlands in Mexico, R. France
Involving People in Science and Sustainability in the Pantanal Wetlands of Brazil, R. France
Planning and Development of a Desert Wetland Park in the United States, R. France
Living over Water: Introduction to Ecotourism Development Concerns for the Tonle Sap, Cambodia, and Lake Titicaca, Peru, R. France and E. Syariffudin
Ecology and Economics
Ecotourism, Local Economy, and Ecological Strategies in Planning Nature Reserves in Panama, R. France
Sustainable Development and Nature Conservation in Jordan, R. France

INNOVATIVE APPROACHES AND TECHNOLOGIES
Transportation Planning and Design
Transportation Corridors as Vehicles for Cultural and Ecological Regeneration, I. Jones, R. Senos, I. Luters and R. France
Alternative Wasterwater Treatment, Reuse, and Infrstructure
Linking Water Treatment with Wetland Restoration: Engineering Challenges and Associated Benefits, R. France
Advanced Ecotechnology for Decentralized Wastewater Treatment and Reuse, D. Austin
Infrastructure Models for Ecological Wastewater Management, S. Wallace
Agriculture and Water Management
Salinity Management in Arid Regions: Lessons for Iraq from the Western United States, R. France
Managing Scarce Water Resources in Agriculture in West Asia and North Africa, T.Y. Oweis and A.Y. Hachum
Epilogue: Cambodia’s Institutional Frameworks for Ecocultural Restorative Redevelopment: Introduction to Optimistic Management Models Useful for Iraq, R. France
Index

Biography

Robert France is Associate Professor of Landscape Ecology at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design where he began teaching in the Fall of 1997. France has authored numerous papers on the ecology and conservation biology of organism from bacteria and algae to birds and whales, on research topics from environmental pollution to theoretical biodiversity, and in locations ranging from the High Arctic to the tropics. France is a recently appointed series editor for Lewis/CRC Press on the topic Integrative Studies in Water Management and Land Development.